The Cold War: US-Soviet Rivalry and Foreign Policy
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What was the primary goal of the Truman Doctrine?

  • To establish a trade barriers between the East and the West
  • To provide military aid to countries threatened by Soviet oppression (correct)
  • To expand New Deal reforms in the United States
  • To reconstruct cities and industries damaged during World War II

    • What was the outcome of the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education?

  • A new law was passed to enforce segregation in education
  • The case was dismissed due to lack of evidence
  • The Supreme Court declared segregation in education unconstitutional (correct)
  • The Separate but Equal standard of discrimination was upheld

    • What was the significance of the Berlin Airlift?

  • It was a humanitarian effort to supply food and medicine to West Berlin (correct)
  • It was a joint US-Soviet operation to rebuild East Berlin
  • It marked the beginning of the Cold War
  • It was a military operation to defeat the Soviet Union

    • What was the term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War division?

    <p>Iron Curtain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary focus of the Marshall Plan?

    <p>To reconstruct cities and industries damaged during World War II</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Little Rock Nine?

    <p>A group of students who were enrolled in a white high school on the basis of being black</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of Richard Nixon's 'Vietnamization' policy?

    <p>To replace US troops with Vietnamese forces</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the 1969 SALT negotiations?

    <p>They limited the stock of nuclear weapons in the US and USSR</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Nixon Doctrine?

    <p>A policy to reduce US military involvement in Vietnam</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?

    <p>Shirley Chisholm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main issue that led to the Kent State Massacre?

    <p>Protests against the Vietnam War</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign?

    <p>To withdraw US troops from Vietnam in 90 days</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary outcome of the Paris Peace Accords?

    <p>A gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the draft lottery?

    <p>It was a way to determine the order of military service</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main outcome of the Watergate scandal?

    <p>Nixon became the first president to resign</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Equal Rights Amendment?

    <p>It sought to outlaw discrimination based on sex</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?

    <p>Unsuccessful invasion of Cuba</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the leader of the Viet Minh movement during World War II?

    <p>Ho Chi Minh</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed in 1962?

    <p>To decrease nuclear testing in the atmosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the result of the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon?

    <p>Poll results showed Nixon won among radio listeners and Kennedy won among TV viewers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the bombing campaign authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965?

    <p>Operation Rolling Thunder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the leader of the US troops during the Vietnam War?

    <p>William C. Westmoreland</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the network of jungle paths used by North Vietnam to supply the Vietcong during the Vietnam War?

    <p>Ho Chi Minh Trail</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Geneva Conference in 1954?

    <p>To divide Vietnam at the seventeenth parallel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following was a key aspect of Reaganomics?

    <p>Reducing taxes and promoting unrestricted free-market activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Tet Offensive in 1968?

    <p>It was a turning point in the war, showing the strength of the Vietcong</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the first black presidential candidate in the US?

    <p>Jesse Jackson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the focus of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)?

    <p>Building an anti-missile defense system in outer space</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the newscaster who declared that the war in Vietnam would end in stalemate?

    <p>Walter Cronkite</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1984?

    <p>Geraldine Ferraro</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Iran-Contra Affair?

    <p>A scandal involving the sale of arms to the Middle East</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court?

    <p>Sandra Day O'Connor</p> Signup and view all the answers

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